53ZOOrders to redress loss or damage suffered by non-parties etc.

53ZO Orders to redress loss or damage suffered by non‑parties etc.

Orders

(1) If:

(a) a person engaged in conduct (the contravening conduct) that constituted a contravention or a related contravention of a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument; and

(b) the contravening conduct caused, or is likely to cause, a class of persons to suffer loss or damage; and

(c) the class includes persons (non‑parties) who are not, or have not been, parties to a proceeding (an enforcement proceeding) instituted under Part VI in relation to the contravening conduct;

any court having jurisdiction in the matter may, on the application of the Commission, make such order or orders (other than an award of damages) as the court thinks appropriate against a person referred to in subsection (2).

Note: The orders that the court may make include all or any of the orders set out in section 53ZP.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may be made against:

(a) the person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a); or

(b) a person involved in the contravening conduct.

(3) A court must not make an order under subsection (1) unless the court considers that the order will:

(a) redress, in whole or in part, the loss or damage suffered by the non‑parties in relation to the contravening conduct; or

(b) prevent or reduce the loss or damage suffered, or likely to be suffered, by the non‑parties in relation to the contravening conduct.

Application for orders

(4) An application may be made under subsection (1) even if an enforcement proceeding in relation to the contravening conduct has not been instituted.

(5) An application under subsection (1) may be made at any time within 6 years after the day on which the cause of action that relates to the contravening conduct accrues.

Determining whether to make an order

(6) In determining whether to make an order under subsection (1) against a person referred to in subsection (2), a court may have regard to the conduct of:

(a) the person; and

(b) the non‑parties;

in relation to the contravening conduct, since the contravention occurred.

(7) In determining whether to make an order under subsection (1), a court need not make a finding about either of the following matters:

(a) which persons are non‑parties in relation to the contravening conduct;

(b) the nature of the loss or damage suffered, or likely to be suffered, by such persons.

When a non‑party is bound by an order etc.

(8) If: